Two water researchers from the University of Waterloo have been named members of the prestigious Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.
Joining Canada’s first national system of multidisciplinary recognition for the emerging generation of Canadian intellectual leadership is Carolyn Ren and Alexander Wong. Members of the College, at an early stage in their career, have demonstrated a high level of achievement. The criteria for election is excellence, and membership is for seven years.
“Congratulations to all. This recognition from the prestigious Royal Society of Canada is truly an honour.”— Charmaine Dean, vice-president, University Research.
Carolyn
Ren
(Mechanical
and
Mechatronics
Engineering)
Member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists
Carolyn Ren has been named a Member of the RSC College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists as part of the emerging generation of Canadian intellectual leadership. She is internationally recognized for her seminal contributions to microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip research. Her physical and theoretical models, as well as her design and optimization tools, have greatly enhanced the understanding of transport phenomena and have enabled new, truly integrated Lab-on-a-Chip devices for high throughput screening applications. She is currently a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Droplet Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip Technology and holds three patents. Already one of Canada’s foremost microfluidics researchers, Ren’s work promises broad and profound impacts for the global biomedical, pharmaceutical and environmental sectors.
Alexander
Wong (Systems
Design
Engineering)
Member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists
Alexander Wong has also been named Member of the RSC College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists as one of the emerging generation of Canadian intellectual leadership. He is a renowned scientist and engineer whose contributions to artificial intelligence, computer vision and biomedical engineering have had profound impacts on his field. His groundbreaking innovations include computational imaging systems and tissue-scanning techniques for cancer detection, coded hemodynamic imaging technology for blood flow monitoring, and important new concepts for operational artificial intelligence in areas such as explainable and scalable deep learning. He is a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Medical Imaging, is the recipient of numerous awards, and holds six patents and 26 patent applications in the area of artificial intelligence and imaging.